Patents by Inventor Grady E. Housley

Grady E. Housley has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for constructing patterned pavements
    Patent number: 5449246
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in the in situ construction of patterned pavement includes a container (14) and a matrix of capped tubes (15) mounted to the floor of the container. Concrete (17) is distributed within the container and about the tubes and allowed to hardened to form a slab (11) of patterned pavement. The caps are then removed and another material is placed within the tubes to finish the pavement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Inventor: Grady E. Housley
  • Method for preparing and cooking potatoes
    Patent number: 5186967
    Abstract: A set of holes are drilled into a potato in preparation for cooking to provide a multi-holed potato and potato twirls. Apparatus for forming the multi-holed potato has a gang of parallel drills mounted for rotary and reciprocal movement through holes in a pair of plates spaced apart a distance to support the potato therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Inventor: Grady E. Housley
  • Method for preparing and cooking potatoes
    Patent number: 5128210
    Abstract: A set of holes are bored into a potato in preparation for cooking to provide a multi-holed potato and potato twirls. Apparatus for forming the multi-holed potato has a gang of parallel drills mounted for rotary and reciprocal movement through holes in a pair of plates spaced apart a distance to support the potato therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Inventor: Grady E. Housley